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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. - - - ##@#@=\--,
,,--\=@#@# - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - #@#@=\--,,
,,,--\=@#@ - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @#@=\--,,,
,,,,--\=@# 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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