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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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