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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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