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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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