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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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