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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. ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨ 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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