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#,,###,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN  THE LAND ~ ~ ~  ~ ,,########
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,##,,,,,#, ~  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. ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ,##,,#####
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,,####,,,, 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 #########,
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