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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. = = = ,&&,,&,,,,
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,,,,,,,,&, 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 ,,,,&,,&,,
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&,,,,,,&,& = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = &,,,,,,&,,
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