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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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