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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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