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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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