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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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