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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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