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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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