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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 ,:~*†§@£##
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#@£@§†*~:, 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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