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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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