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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. = = =  = = = = = =  = = = &&&&*=:=,,
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,,,,,:**## =  By Then  The  Elves Would Be Gone.  = ##**:,,,,,
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