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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 ........:-
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*†-:...... WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ......:-†*
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