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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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