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=,,,,,,,,, =  = = =  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 ,,,,,,,,=*
$*=,,,,,,, WATER  GARDEN   THAT   HAD  BEEN  HIDDEN ,,,,,,,=*$
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