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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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