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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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