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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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