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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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