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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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