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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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