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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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