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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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