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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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