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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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@§†††/^... ...^/†††§@
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