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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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