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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. - - -  -  - - - - - - - - #@#@§^*-^.
..^^-^^^@# - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - #@^^^-^^..
....^^*§§# - BY  THEN THE  ELVES WOULD  BE  GONE. - #§§*^^....
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