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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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