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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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