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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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