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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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