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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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