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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤==~~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨~~==¤§# ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ #§¤==~~¨¨¨
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