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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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