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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 &&&,,,,,,,
,,,,,&&,,& AT OUR KNEES. - - - - - - - - - - - - &&,,&&&&&&
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,,&,,&&&&, - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ,,&&,,&&,,
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