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