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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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