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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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