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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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