¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          §§§¨§¨§§¨¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§§§¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨§§§¨¨ = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = ¨§¨§§¨§¨¨§
§¨§§§¨¨§¨§ = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = §§§¨§§§¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨§§§¨ = =  = = 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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¨§§¨¨§§§¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§§¨¨