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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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