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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 ,,&,,&,&,&
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&,,&,&,&,& - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ,&&,&&,&,,
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