...:=**$§@                                          @§$**=:...
..:=**$§@#                                          #@§$**=:..
.:=**$§@##                                          ##@§$**=:.
..:=**$§@#                                          #@§$**=:..
...:=**$§@                                          @§$**=:...
....:=**$§ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = §$**=:....
.....:=**$ = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = $**=:.....
......:=** = = = = ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND = =  =  = **=:......
.......:=* =  = = = BEYOND THE  GREAT  DAM. = = = = *=:.......
........:= = IT  WAS BUILT  IN THE LATE  SIXTIES. = =:........
.........: = = = THE  ELVES CAME TO  US THEN. = = = :.........
.......... = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = ..........
.......... = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = ..........
.......... THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ..........
.........: CAME TO TRUST  THEM. = = = = = = =  = US :.........
........:= KIDS  WOULD PLAY DOWN  AT THE WATER EVEN =:........
.......:=* THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = = =  = = = *=:.......
......:=** = =  SOMETIMES  THE  SLUICE WOULD  CLOSE **=:......
.....:=**$ 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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