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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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