¨&&&¨&&¨¨& &&¨¨¨&¨&¨¨
¨&¨&¨&&&¨¨ &&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨
¨¨¨¨¨&¨&&¨ &¨&&¨¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨¨¨¨¨&&& ¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨& ¨¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨
¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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