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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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