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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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