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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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