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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 #####,#,,,
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,,#####,#, ~ BY  THEN  THE  ELVES WOULD BE  GONE. ~ ,,##,##,,,
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