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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 ..^-*^@£##
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##£@^*-^.. kids would play down at the water even ..^-*^@£##
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£@^*-^.... - - sometimes the sluice would close ....^-*^@£
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^*-^...... foot would dry up, revealing the rocky ......^-*^
*-^....... water garden that had been hidden .......^-*
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.......... 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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