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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. = = = ..^==%%###
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##¤/^..... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = .....^/¤##
##%/^..... 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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