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##@%%§^-~. - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - .~-^§%%@##
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###@%§^-~. - 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 ....~^%@@@
###@%§^-~. ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS .~-^§%@###
###@%§^-~. FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY .~-^§%@###
###@%§^-~. WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN .~-^§%@###
###@%§^-~. 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 .......-§@
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