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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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