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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. - -  - ¤%*-~.....
....~-*%¤# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - #¤%*-~....
...~-*%¤## - - - - - - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##¤%*-~...
..~-*%¤### 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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