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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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