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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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