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#@@&*^=-:. - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - .:-=^*&@@#
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@&*^=-:... - 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 ......:-=^
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&*^=-:.... THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - ....:-=^*&
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@&*^=-:... 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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