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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. ~ ~ ~  ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ @££**~:¨¨¨
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¨:~**££@## ~  BY THEN  THE ELVES WOULD BE  GONE.  ~ ##@££**~:¨
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