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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. ~ ~ ~ §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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