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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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