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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 ,###,#####
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#,,,##,#,# WATER   GARDEN   THAT  HAD  BEEN  HIDDEN ##,##,,,##
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