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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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