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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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