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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. = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨=^@@#
###@$^:=.¨ = = SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¨.=:^$@###
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##@@$^:=.¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. = = = = ¨.=:^$@@##
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@^^::=..¨¨ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ¨¨..=::^^@
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