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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@&$$:-:,
,:-:$$&@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@&$$:-:,
,:-:$&@### - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ###@&$:-:,
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