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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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