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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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