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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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