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#@##£%*--, - - - - beyond the great dam. - - - - ,--*%£##@#
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#@##£%*--, 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, ,--*%£##@#
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#@##£%*--, we would find the water rising, already ,--*%£##@#
#@##£%*--, at our knees. - - - - - - - - - - - - ,--*%£##@#
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