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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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