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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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