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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. ~  ~ ~ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ 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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