#@##@%=~^, ,^~=%@##@#
##@##@=~^, ,^~=@##@##
##@@@%=~^, ,^~=%@@@##
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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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