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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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