elves at the great dam

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