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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 §§£%%==...
.....\\%§¶ foot would dry up,  revealing  the rocky ¶§%\\.....
..=\%£§¶@# 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 @§%=......
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