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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 ,...-†==@#
@$†-...,,, KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ,,,...-†$@
##@@$=†-., THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - ,.-†=$@@##
@$====†-., - - SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ,.-†====$@
@@@@$=†-., ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ,.-†=$@@@@
##@@$=†-., FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ,.-†=$@@##
@@$††.,,,, WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ,,,,.††$@@
#@@@$=†-., BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - ,.-†=$@@@#
##@@$=†-., - - - - BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, ,.-†=$@@##
##@@$=†-., THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ,.-†=$@@##
@$=†††-.,, WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ,,.-†††=$@
###@$=†-., WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ,.-†=$@###
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@$†--,,,,, - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ,,,,,--†$@
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