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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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