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~-........ ~  ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~  ~ ~ ~ ........-~
/~-....... ~ ~  ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT  DAM.  ~ ~ ~ ~ .......-~/
$/~-...... ~ IT  WAS  BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES.  ~ ......-~/$
%$/~-..... ~ ~ ~  THE ELVES CAME  TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ .....-~/$%
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#£%$/~-... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...-~/$%£#
##£%$/~-.. THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ..-~/$%£##
###£%$/~-. CAME TO  TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US .-~/$%£###
##£%$/~-.. KIDS  WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER  EVEN ..-~/$%£##
#£%$/~-... THOUGH WE WERE NOT  ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...-~/$%£#
£%$/~-.... ~ ~  SOMETIMES  THE  SLUICE WOULD  CLOSE ....-~/$%£
%$/~-..... ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER  AT  THE DAMS .....-~/$%
$/~-...... FOOT WOULD  DRY UP,  REVEALING THE ROCKY ......-~/$
/~-....... WATER   GARDEN  THAT   HAD  BEEN  HIDDEN .......-~/
~-........ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~  ~ ~ ~ ........-~
-......... ~  ~ ~ ~ BEFORE  THE  DAM OPENED  AGAIN, .........-
.......... THERE WOULD BE A  SIGNAL, BUT THE  ELVES ..........
.......... WOULD MAKE  US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ..........
.......... WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING,  ALREADY ..........
.......... AT OUR KNEES. ~  ~  ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..........
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-......... ~ BY  THEN THE  ELVES  WOULD BE  GONE. ~ .........-
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