&&¨¨¨¨¨¨&& &¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨
&¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ ¨&&&¨¨¨&&¨
&&&&¨¨¨¨&& ¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨&
¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨&¨ &&&¨&&¨&&&
&¨¨¨&&¨¨&& &¨¨&&¨&&¨¨
&&¨¨&¨&¨&¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨&¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨&¨&&&&&& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = &&&&&&¨&&&
¨&&&&¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = 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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