¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§§§§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§§
§§§§§§§§¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = §§§¨¨§§§§§
§§§§§§§¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§§§§§¨¨§§ = = = = 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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