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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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