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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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