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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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