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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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