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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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