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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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