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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. ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ #@%*\~^...
..^~\*%@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@%*\~^..
.^~\*%@### ~ BY  THEN THE  ELVES  WOULD BE GONE.  ~ ###@%*\~^.
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