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.^-:*£@### - -  - - BEYOND THE  GREAT DAM. - - -  - ###@£*:-^.
.^-:*£@### - IT WAS  BUILT IN  THE LATE  SIXTIES. - ###@£*:-^.
.....^:££@ - - - THE  ELVES CAME TO  US THEN. - - - @££:^.....
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.^^--:*££# 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. - - - - ###@£*:-^.
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.^-:::£@## THERE  WOULD  BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ##@£:::-^.
.^-:*£@### WOULD MAKE US  NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ###@£*:-^.
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.^-:*£@### AT  OUR KNEES. -  - - - - - - -  - - - - ###@£*:-^.
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......^:*@ -  BY THEN  THE ELVES  WOULD BE GONE.  - @*:^......
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