.~~:*&¤@## ##@¤&*:~~.
..~~:*&¤@# #@¤&*:~~..
...~~:*&¤@ @¤&*:~~...
....~~:*&¤ ¤&*:~~....
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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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