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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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