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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, ,,,,,,.-†%
$%†-.,,,,, THERE WOULD  BE A  SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ,,,,,.-†%$
§$%†-.,,,, WOULD MAKE US NOT  HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ,,,,.-†%$§
@§$%†-.,,, WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING,  ALREADY ,,,.-†%$§@
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#@§$%†-.,, - BY THEN  THE  ELVES  WOULD  BE GONE. - ,,.-†%$§@#
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