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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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@%/^,,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,,^/%@
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