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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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