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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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