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