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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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