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....#..### - -  - - elves live in the land  - - - - ####..##..
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..#..###.. though we were not  allowed. - - - - - - ..#..#..#.
..##.#..#. -  -  sometimes  the  sluice would close ..##.##.##
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#....##### beneath, and we would  go there. - - - - #....#.##.
##...#.... - -  - -  before  the dam  opened again, .#...###.#
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#.##.#.#.. would make  us not hear it, and suddenly ##.#.##.#.
###.#####. we would find the water  rising, already #.####.###
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