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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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