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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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