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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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