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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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