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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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