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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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