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,.~\*%#@@# #@@#%*\~.,
,,,.~**### ###**~.,,,
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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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,.~\*%#@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@#%*\~.,
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