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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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