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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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