,,^=:$@¶## ##¶@$:=^,,
,,,^=:$@¶# #¶@$:=^,,,
,,,,^=:$@¶ ¶@$:=^,,,,
,,,,,^=:$@ @$:=^,,,,,
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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. = = = ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,^ 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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