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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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