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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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