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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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