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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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