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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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