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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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