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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 #,#,,#,#,#
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,,,,,##,,# AT  OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,##,,,,##
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,,,######, ~  BY THEN THE  ELVES  WOULD BE  GONE. ~ ####,,####
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