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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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