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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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