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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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