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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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