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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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