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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. ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~  ~ §§..§§§...
§.....§.§. ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .§.§..§..§
§....§§§§§ ~ By Then  The  Elves Would  Be Gone.  ~ §§§§.§§.§.
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