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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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#@@&%*^~.¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ¨.~^*%&@@#
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