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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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