,,,^==§*¤#                                          #¤*§==^,,,
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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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,,,^==§*¤#                                          #¤*§==^,,,
,,^==§*¤##                                          ##¤*§==^,,
,^==§*¤###                                          ###¤*§==^,
,,^==§*¤##                                          ##¤*§==^,,