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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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.,~^^^%%$# They Were Very Manipulative, And We #$%%^^^~,.
.,~^%$#¶## Came To Trust Them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Us ##¶#$%^~,.
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.,~%$#¶### Though We Were Not Allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###¶#$%~,.
.,~^%$#¶## ~ ~ Sometimes The Sluice Would Close ##¶#$%^~,.
.,~^%$#¶## Entirely, And The River At The Dams ##¶#$%^~,.
...,,,~^$# Foot Would Dry Up, Revealing The Rocky #$^~,,,...
.,~^%$#¶## Water Garden That Had Been Hidden ##¶#$%^~,.
.,~^%$#¶## Beneath, And We Would Go There. ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶#$%^~,.
.,~^%$#¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ Before The Dam Opened Again, ##¶#$%^~,.
.,~^%$#¶## There Would Be A Signal, But The Elves ##¶#$%^~,.
.....~%%$¶ Would Make Us Not Hear It, And Suddenly ¶$%%~.....
.,~^%$#¶## We Would Find The Water Rising, Already ##¶#$%^~,.
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