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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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