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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...¤..¤..¤
...¤.¤¤¤¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..¤¤.¤¤.¤¤
..¤¤¤....¤ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ .¤.¤¤.¤¤.¤
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