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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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