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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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