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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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.#.#..#.#. 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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