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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 .#..#..##.
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#...#.#### 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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