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#@@£&=\~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ beyond the great dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~\=&£@@#
##@£&=\~.. ~ it was built in the late sixties. ~ ..~\=&£@##
###@£&=~.. ~ ~ ~ the elves came to us then. ~ ~ ~ ..~=&£@###
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##@£&=\~.. though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..~\=&£@##
#@£=~..... ~ ~ sometimes the sluice would close .....~=£@#
##@£&=\~.. entirely, and the river at the dams ..~\=&£@##
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##@£&=\~.. 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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