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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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