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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~/
$/~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER  AT  THE DAMS ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~/$
%$/~-¨¨¨¨¨ FOOT  WOULD  DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ¨¨¨¨¨-~/$%
&%$/~-¨¨¨¨ WATER  GARDEN   THAT  HAD  BEEN   HIDDEN ¨¨¨¨-~/$%&
£&%$/~-¨¨¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO  THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨-~/$%&£
#£&%$/~-¨¨ ~  ~ ~ ~  BEFORE  THE DAM  OPENED AGAIN, ¨¨-~/$%&£#
##£&%$/~-¨ THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL,  BUT  THE ELVES ¨-~/$%&£##
#£&%$/~-¨¨ WOULD  MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ¨¨-~/$%&£#
£&%$/~-¨¨¨ WE WOULD FIND  THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨¨¨-~/$%&£
&%$/~-¨¨¨¨ AT OUR KNEES.  ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨-~/$%&
%$/~-¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨-~/$%
$/~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~  BY  THEN THE  ELVES WOULD  BE GONE. ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~/$
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