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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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