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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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