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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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