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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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