,-=**%@#@# #@#@%**=-,
,=**%@#@## ##@#@%**=,
,,,,-**%#@ @#%**-,,,,
,-=**%@#@# #@#@%**=-,
,-=**%@@## ##@@%**=-,
,,,,-*%@@@ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = @@@%*-,,,,
,-=**%@#@@ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = @@#@%**=-,
,-=**%@#@# = = = = 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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