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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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