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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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