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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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