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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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