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%=*~,,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,,~*=%
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£%=*~,,,,, CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ,,,,,~*=%£
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£%=*~,,,,, THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,~*=%£
#£%=*~,,,, ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ,,,,~*=%£#
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##£%=*~,,, 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 ,,,,,,~*=%
£%=*~,,,,, WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ,,,,,~*=%£
#£%=*~,,,, WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ,,,,~*=%£#
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