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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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