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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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