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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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