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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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