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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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