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¨&&¨¨&&&¨& ¨&¨¨¨&&¨¨&
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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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