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###&%$;=~¨ = = = = beyond the great dam. = = = = ¨~=;$%&###
##&%%$;=~¨ = it was built in the late sixties. = ¨~=;$%%&##
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##&&%$;=~¨ water garden that had been hidden ¨~=;$%&&##
&$$$=¨¨¨¨¨ beneath, and we would go there. = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨=$$$&
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#&%%%$;=~¨ would make us not hear it, and suddenly ¨~=;$%%%&#
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###&%$;=~¨ = by then the elves would be gone. = ¨~=;$%&###
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