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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - #@##&†\-.,
,.-\†##@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@##†\-.,
,.-\&##@## - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ##@##&\-.,
,.-\†&#@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@#&†\-.,
,.-\\††##@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @##††\\-.,
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