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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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