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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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