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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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