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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. ~ ~ ~ ~  ~  ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ,,~==@&###
##&@==~,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,~==@&##
#&@==~,,,, ~ BY  THEN THE  ELVES  WOULD BE  GONE. ~ ,,,,~==@&#
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