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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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