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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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