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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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