elves at the great dam

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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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