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###&¤§^-:¨ - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - ¨:-^§¤&###
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#&&&¤§^-:¨ - - - THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. - - - ¨:-^§¤&&&#
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&§§§§^:¨¨¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US ¨¨¨:^§§§§&
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#¤¤^:¨¨¨¨¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨:^¤¤#
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