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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. = = = = = = = = = = = = .......~=\
=~........ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ........~=
~......... = By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. = .........~
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