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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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