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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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