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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 .@.@@.@@..
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@@@..@.@@. WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ..@@.@@@.@
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