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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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