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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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