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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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