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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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