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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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