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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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