.^=†*#@@##                                          ##@@#*†=^.
.^^=†††%#@                                          @#%†††=^^.
....^=*##@                                          @##*=^....
.^==††††%#                                          #%††††==^.
.^=†*%#@@#                                          #@@#%*†=^.
.^=†*%#@@@ = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = @@@#%*†=^.
.....^†%%# = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = #%%†^.....
.^=†*%#@@@ = = = = 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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