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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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