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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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##@£**/~.¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨.~/**£@##
##@£**/~.¨ ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¨.~/**£@##
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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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