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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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