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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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