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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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