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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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