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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 .###...###
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