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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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