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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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