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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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