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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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