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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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