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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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