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