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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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