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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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