#@§@**=,¨¨                                          ¨¨,=**@§@#
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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. = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*