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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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##@@£=†~-¨ THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ¨-~†=£@@##
#@£=†--¨¨¨ 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨-~†=£@@##
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@@@=~-¨¨¨¨ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ¨¨¨¨-~=@@@
#@£=~-¨¨¨¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨¨¨¨-~=£@#
##@@£=†~-¨ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨-~†=£@@##
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