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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.  - - - - - - §*-.......
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.-----†$$# ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER  AT THE  DAMS #$$†-----.
...--†$§§@ FOOT WOULD  DRY UP, REVEALING  THE ROCKY @§§$†--...
.--†*$§#@# WATER  GARDEN   THAT  HAD   BEEN  HIDDEN #@#§$*†--.
...-††$$§@ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. - - -  - @§$$††-...
......--*§ - - -  -  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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