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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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