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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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