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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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