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#@%===,... = = = = ELVES LIVE IN  THE LAND = = =  = ...,===%@#
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%===,..... = IT WAS BUILT IN  THE  LATE  SIXTIES. = .....,===%
@%===,.... = =  =  THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. = = = ....,===%@
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@#@%===,.. CAME TO TRUST  THEM. = = = = = = =  = US ..,===%@#@
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#@%===,... FOOT  WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING  THE ROCKY ...,===%@#
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#@#@%===,. BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. =  = = = .,===%@#@#
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#@%===,... THERE  WOULD  BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ...,===%@#
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