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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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