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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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