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§%====,... ~ it was built in the late sixties. ~ ...,====%§
§@@@@%=~,. ~ ~ ~ the elves came to us then. ~ ~ ~ .,~=%@@@@§
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@£@%=~~,,. though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .,,~~=%@£@
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#@£§@%=~,. beneath, and we would go there. ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~=%@§£@#
#@£§@%=~,. ~ ~ ~ ~ before the dam opened again, .,~=%@§£@#
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#@£§@%=~,. would make us not hear it, and suddenly .,~=%@§£@#
£@@@@%=~,. we would find the water rising, already .,~=%@@@@£
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