,,,,,,,:~* *~:,,,,,,,
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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. ~ *~:,,,,,,,
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