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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. - - - -  - - - - - - -  - \-,.......
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........., -  BY  THEN THE  ELVES WOULD BE  GONE. - ,.........
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