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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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