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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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