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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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