¨¨¨¨§§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§¨§¨¨¨§§§                                          §§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨§§ = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨§§¨¨ = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §¨§¨§§§¨§§
¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨ = = = = 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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¨§§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§§
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