&&¨&¨¨&¨¨& ¨&¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨&&&¨&&¨&& &&&&¨¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨&&¨&&¨¨ ¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨&&
&¨&¨&&¨&¨¨ ¨¨&&¨¨¨&¨¨
&&&&¨&&&¨¨ ¨&¨&¨¨&&¨&
¨¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&&&¨&¨&&¨
¨¨&¨&¨&&¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨&&&&¨&¨
¨&&&&&¨&¨& ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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&¨&¨&¨&¨&¨ &&¨&¨&¨&&¨