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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.  - - - @#%*=-~...
..~-=*%#@# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - #@#%*=-~..
.~-=*%#@## - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@#%*=-~.
..~-=*%#@# 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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.......~-= - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =-~.......
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