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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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