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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. = = = &&,&,,,,&,
,&,&,&&&&& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = &,&&&,,,&&
&&&&&&,,,, = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = ,&&,,&,,&,
&,,,,,&,,, 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. =  = = = =  = = = = = = = &,,&,,&&&&
&,,&,,,&,, = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = &&,&&,&,,,
&&,&&,,&&, = BY  THEN  THE ELVES WOULD  BE  GONE. = ,,&&,&&&,,
&,&&,&,&,& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = ,,&,&&,,&,
&&&,&&&&&& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = ,,&&&,&,&&
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