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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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