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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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