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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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