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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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