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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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