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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. = = = = = = = = = = = = ###&%^/=~.
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.~=/^%## = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ###&%^/=~.
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