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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. - - -  - - - -  - - - - - ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, -  BY THEN  THE ELVES WOULD  BE GONE.  - ,,,,,,,,,,
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