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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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&&====*~~. 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 ....~=%%&@
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#@£&%=*~~. 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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