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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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