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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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