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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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