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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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