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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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