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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 @@¤¤¤*†-,.
.,-†*¤#@@# AT OUR KNEES. - - - - - - - - - - - - #@@#¤*†-,.
...-††¤##@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @##¤††-...
,-†*¤#@@## - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ##@@#¤*†-,
....--†¤## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##¤†--....
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