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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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