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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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