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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.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .§..§.§.§.
§.§.§§.§.§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .§.§§.§.§.
§.§..§.§.§ ~ By Then  The Elves  Would  Be Gone.  ~ .§..§.§.§.
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