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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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