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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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