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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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