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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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##¶$$:=.,, THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = = = = = = ,,.=:$$¶##
#¶$$:=.,,, = = SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ,,,.=:$$¶#
¶$$:=.,,,, ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ,,,,.=:$$¶
$$:=.,,,,, FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ,,,,,.=:$$
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#¶$$:=.,,, BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. = = = = ,,,.=:$$¶#
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###¶$$:=., THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ,.=:$$¶###
##¶$$:=.,, WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ,,.=:$$¶##
#¶$$:=.,,, WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ,,,.=:$$¶#
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