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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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