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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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