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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨§¨§§§¨§§
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