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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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