¨:=:*@#@@# #@@#@*:=:¨
¨:=:*@#@@# #@@#@*:=:¨
¨:=:*@#@@# #@@#@*:=:¨
¨:=:*@#@@# #@@#@*:=:¨
¨:=:*@#@@# #@@#@*:=:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=*## = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ##*=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:=**@@@ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = @@@**=:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*# = = = = 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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