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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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