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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. - - - - - - - - - - - - .--;^§§¶@#
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¶§§^;--... - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ...--;^§§¶
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