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,#,##,,##, ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND  ~  ~ ~ ~ ##,,##,#,,
,###,#,#,# ~ ~ ~ ~  BEYOND THE  GREAT DAM.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,#,#,###,
,#,,###### ~  IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE  SIXTIES.  ~ #,#####,,#
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#,##,##,#, CAME TO TRUST THEM.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ US #,######,#
,##,##,### KIDS WOULD PLAY  DOWN AT THE  WATER EVEN ,##,,,,,##
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#,##,##,#, ~  ~ SOMETIMES THE  SLUICE  WOULD  CLOSE #####,,,##
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,#,##,##,, 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 ,,,#,##,#,
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