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.#.....#.. - - - - ELVES LIVE  IN THE LAND - -  - - .##.....#.
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.#..#..... -  - -  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 ..#...###.
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#..#.##... 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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