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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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