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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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