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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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