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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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