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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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