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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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