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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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§*%*~,¨¨¨¨ Came To Trust Them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Us ¨¨¨¨,~*%*§
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#@§*%*~,¨¨ Though We Were Not Allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨,~*%*§@#
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#@§*%*~,¨¨ Entirely, And The River At The Dams ¨¨,~*%*§@#
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§*%*~,¨¨¨¨ 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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