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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¨¤¤¨¤¤¨¤¨
¤¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨
¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ¤¨¤¤¨¤¤¨¤¨
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