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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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#@#§*^*~-, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,-~*^*§#@#
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