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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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