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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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