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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 ,.-=^%%##@
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@%=-.,,,,, - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ,,,,,.-=%@
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