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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. ~ ~ ~ ¨¤¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¨
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¤¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¤¨¤¨¨¨¤¤
¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¨¨¨ 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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