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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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