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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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#@$=-..... CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US .....-=$@#
@#@$=-.... KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ....-=$@#@
#@#@$=-... THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - ...-=$@#@#
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#@#@$=-... ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ...-=$@#@#
@#@$=-.... FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ....-=$@#@
#@$=-..... WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN .....-=$@#
@$=-...... BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - ......-=$@
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=-........ THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ........-=
-......... WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY .........-
.......... WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ..........
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