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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. ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨
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¨¨§¨§¨§§§§ 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §§¨¨§§§¨¨§
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¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ §§§§¨§§§§§
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