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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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