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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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