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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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