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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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