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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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