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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 .......@@.
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@@@@..@@@. = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ..@....@..
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