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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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