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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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