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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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