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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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