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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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