¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§§§§§
§¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§§§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
¨§§§§¨¨¨§§                                          §§§¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = §§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§§§¨ = = = = 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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¨§§§§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
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