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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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