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¨,-^=$## - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - ###&$=^-,¨
¨,-^^===$& - - - - BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - &$===^^-,¨
¨,-^=$## - IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. - ###&$=^-,¨
¨¨,,-^^$&& - - - THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. - - - &&$^^-,,¨¨
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¨,-^=$## CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US ###&$=^-,¨
¨,-=$### KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ####&$=-,¨
¨¨¨¨-^$# THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. - - - - - - ##&$^-¨¨¨¨
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¨,-^=$## WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ###&$=^-,¨
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¨,-^=$## - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ###&$=^-,¨
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