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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,~~^*%¤#@#
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#@#¤%*^~~, ~ By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. ~ ,~~^*%¤#@#
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