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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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