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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 .####....#
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#......... ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ #.#.#.###.
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