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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 ,,,,..†*@#
@@$$†-.,,, WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ,,,.-†$$@@
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###@$*†-., - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ,.-†*$@###
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