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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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