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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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