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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. ~ ~ ~ .....==%&#
&&%==~~... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...~~==%&&
##%%%*=~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~=*%%%##
&**=~..... 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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&%===~.... ....~===%&