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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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