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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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###@$$/=.¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = = = = = = ¨.=/$$@###
#@@@$$/=.¨ = = SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¨.=/$$@@@#
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###@$$/=.¨ FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ¨.=/$$@###
###@$$/=.¨ WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ¨.=/$$@###
###@$$/=.¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. = = = = ¨.=/$$@###
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###@$$/=.¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨.=/$$@###
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###@$$/=.¨ = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ¨.=/$$@###
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