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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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