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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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