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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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@##¤%*:=-. 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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