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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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