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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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