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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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