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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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