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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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