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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. ~ ~ ~ ##†**~~...
......~**# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #**~......
.~~*†*#@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@#*†*~~.
....~*†**# 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@#*†*~~
......~**@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @**~......
...~~***#@ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ @#***~~...
.....~~~†# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #†~~~.....
...~~††*@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@*††~~...
.~~*†*#@## ##@#*†*~~.
....~~***@ @***~~....
...~*††*@@ @@*††*~...
.~~*†*#@## ##@#*†*~~.
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