,:~\^%&#@# #@#&%^\~:,
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,:~\^%&#@# #@#&%^\~:,
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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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,:~\^%&@## ##@&%^\~:,
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