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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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