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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~  ~ ~  ~ ~ .§..§§§§§§
.§....§§.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .....§§§§.
...§§....§ ~ BY THEN  THE  ELVES WOULD BE  GONE.  ~ .§§§..§§..
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