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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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