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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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