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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ .......~=¤
¤¤$$=~~~,. ~ ~ ~ ~ Before The Dam Opened Again, .,~~~=$$¤¤
@@@¤$==~,. There Would Be A Signal, But The Elves .,~==$¤@@@
@¤$$$==~,. Would Make Us Not Hear It, And Suddenly .,~==$$$¤@
##@@$==~,. We Would Find The Water Rising, Already .,~==$@@##
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¤======~,. ~ By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. ~ .,~======¤
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