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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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