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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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