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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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