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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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