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¨§¨§§§¨¨§§ = = = = 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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