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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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