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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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