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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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