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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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