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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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