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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/%
$%/~^¨¨¨¨¨ Foot Would Dry Up,  Revealing  The Rocky ¨¨¨¨¨^~/%$
§$%/~^¨¨¨¨ Water   Garden  That   Had  Been  Hidden ¨¨¨¨^~/%$§
#§$%/~^¨¨¨ Beneath, And We Would Go There.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨^~/%$§#
##§$%/~^¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~  Before  The  Dam Opened  Again, ¨¨^~/%$§##
###§$%/~^¨ There Would Be A  Signal,  But The Elves ¨^~/%$§###
##§$%/~^¨¨ Would  Make Us Not Hear It, And Suddenly ¨¨^~/%$§##
#§$%/~^¨¨¨ We Would Find  The Water Rising, Already ¨¨¨^~/%$§#
§$%/~^¨¨¨¨ At Our Knees. ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~  ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨^~/%$§
$%/~^¨¨¨¨¨ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨^~/%$
%/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ By Then  The Elves  Would Be  Gone.  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/%
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