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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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