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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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