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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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