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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. ~ ~ ~ ¤..¤¤¤...¤
¤......¤¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¤.¤..¤..¤
.¤.....¤.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤.¤¤¤.¤¤.¤
¤¤¤....¤¤. 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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