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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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