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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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