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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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