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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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