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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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