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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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