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¨¨~~==$£@# ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ #@£$==~~¨¨
¨~~==$£@## ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ##@£$==~~¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~~== CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ==~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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