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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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