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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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