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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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