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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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