,,,,~=^^&& &&^^=~,,,,
,,,,,,~=%@ @%=~,,,,,,
,,~=^%&### ###&%^=~,,
,,,,,,,=%& &%=,,,,,,,
,,,,~=%%%& &%%%=~,,,,
,,~=^%&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&%^=~,,
,,~=^%&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&%^=~,,
,,~=^%&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ Elves Live In The Land ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&%^=~,,
,,,,~^%%&& ~ ~ ~ ~ Beyond The Great Dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ &&%%^~,,,,
,,~=^%&@## ~ It Was Built In The Late Sixties. ~ ##@&%^=~,,
,,~=^%&### ~ ~ ~ The Elves Came To Us Then. ~ ~ ~ ###&%^=~,,
,,,,~^^^&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&^^^~,,,,
,,,,~^^%%@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @%%^^~,,,,
,,~=^%&@## 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&%^=~,,
,,~=^^%&&& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&&%^^=~,,
,,~=^%&&&# ~ By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. ~ #&&&%^=~,,
,,,,,,==^& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &^==,,,,,,
,,~=^%&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&%^=~,,
,,~=^%&@## ##@&%^=~,,
,,,~~=^%%@ @%%^=~~,,,
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,,~=^%&@@@ @@@&%^=~,,
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