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&¨¨&&¨&¨&¨ ¨&&¨&¨&&&&
&¨&¨&&&&&& &¨&&&&¨¨¨¨
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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. - ¨¨&&¨&&¨&¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&& - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨&¨&&¨&&&¨
&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - &&&¨&&¨¨&¨
¨&¨¨¨¨&&¨& ¨¨&&¨&¨&&&
&&¨¨¨&¨&&¨ ¨&¨&&&&¨¨&
¨&¨¨&&&¨&& &&&¨¨¨&¨&¨
&&¨&¨¨&&¨& ¨¨&¨¨&&&&¨
¨&&&¨&¨&&& ¨&&¨&¨¨¨&&