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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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