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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 ......^~\%
$%\~^..... Beneath, And We Would Go There. ~ ~ ~ ~ .....^~\%$
@$%\~^.... ~ ~ ~ ~ Before The Dam Opened Again, ....^~\%$@
#@$%\~^... There Would Be A Signal, But The Elves ...^~\%$@#
##@$%\~^.. Would Make Us Not Hear It, And Suddenly ..^~\%$@##
###@$%\~^. We Would Find The Water Rising, Already .^~\%$@###
##@$%\~^.. At Our Knees. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..^~\%$@##
#@$%\~^... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...^~\%$@#
@$%\~^.... ~ By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. ~ ....^~\%$@
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