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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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