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..^-/$§@## - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## - -  - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND -  - - - ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### -  - -  -  BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## - IT  WAS BUILT  IN THE LATE  SIXTIES. - ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### - - -  THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN.  - - - ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - -  - -  - US ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## KIDS  WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE  WATER EVEN ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - -  - ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## -  - SOMETIMES THE  SLUICE  WOULD  CLOSE ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER  AT THE  DAMS ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## FOOT WOULD  DRY  UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### WATER   GARDEN  THAT  HAD  BEEN   HIDDEN ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## BENEATH, AND WE WOULD  GO THERE. - - - - ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### -  - - -  BEFORE  THE DAM OPENED  AGAIN, ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## THERE WOULD  BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE  ELVES ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### WOULD MAKE  US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## WE WOULD FIND  THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### AT OUR KNEES. - -  - -  - - - - - -  - - ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### - BY  THEN THE ELVES  WOULD BE  GONE.  - ###@§$/-^.
..^-/$§@## - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - ##@§$/-^..
.^-/$§@### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - ###@§$/-^.
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