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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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