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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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