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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. ~ ~ ~ ##@¤¤%^~:¨
¨¨¨~^%¤¤¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤¤¤%^~¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~~%¤¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¤¤%~~:¨¨¨
¨:~^%¤¤¤¤# 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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