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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. = = = ......§..§
..§§..§§§. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = §§§§§.....
§......§.. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = §§§§..§§§§
..§§§§...§ 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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§..§§..§.. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = .§§§§..§§§
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