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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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