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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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