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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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###$;;;~-. Came To Trust Them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Us .-~;;;$###
##@#@$;~-. Kids Would Play Down At The Water Even .-~;$@#@##
@@@$$$;~-. Though We Were Not Allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .-~;$$$@@@
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##@#@$;~-. Entirely, And The River At The Dams .-~;$@#@##
##@#@$;~-. Foot Would Dry Up, Revealing The Rocky .-~;$@#@##
##@#@$;~-. Water Garden That Had Been Hidden .-~;$@#@##
##@;-..... 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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