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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@%%:~.,
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,,,,,.:%@¶ ~ By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. ~ ¶@%:.,,,,,
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