,:==%*§#@#                                          #@#§*%==:,
,,:==%*§#@                                          @#§*%==:,,
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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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