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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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##@#$†*~.¨ Kids Would Play Down At The Water Even ¨.~*†$#@##
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##@#$†*~.¨ ~ ~ Sometimes The Sluice Would Close ¨.~*†$#@##
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##@#$†*~.¨ Foot Would Dry Up, Revealing The Rocky ¨.~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~.¨ Water Garden That Had Been Hidden ¨.~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~.¨ Beneath, And We Would Go There. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨.~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~.¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ Before The Dam Opened Again, ¨.~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~.¨ There Would Be A Signal, But The Elves ¨.~*†$#@##
##@#$†*~.¨ Would Make Us Not Hear It, And Suddenly ¨.~*†$#@##
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