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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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