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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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