,,,~***$$# #$$***~,,,
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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. ~ ####$$*~-,
,,,,,,-~$# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #$~-,,,,,,
,,,,~**$## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##$**~,,,,
,,-~*$$$## ##$$$*~-,,
,-~*$$#### ####$$*~-,
,-~*$$$### ###$$$*~-,
,-~*$$#### ####$$*~-,
,-~*$$#### ####$$*~-,