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.^-:§$#@## came  to trust them. - -  - - - - - - us ##@#$§:-^.
.^-:§$$$## kids would  play down at  the water even ##$$$§:-^.
.^-:§$@### though  we were not allowed. - - - - - - ###@$§:-^.
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...-:§§$@@ entirely,  and  the  river  at  the dams @@$§§:-...
.^-:§$#@## foot would  dry  up, revealing the rocky ##@#$§:-^.
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......^:$@ beneath,  and we would go there. - - - - @$:^......
.^-:§$#@## -  -  -  -  before the dam opened again, ##@#$§:-^.
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......-§## we  would find the water rising, already ##§-......
.^-:§$#### at  our knees. - - -  - - - -  - - - - - ####$§:-^.
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