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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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