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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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