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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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