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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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