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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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