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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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