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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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