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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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