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###@$%*-:. -  - - - beyond the  great dam. - - -  - .:-*%$@###
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###@$%*-:. - - - the elves  came to  us then. - - - .:-*%$@###
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####@%*-:. came to trust them.  - - - -  - - - - us .:-*%@####
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###@$%*-:. though we  were not allowed. - - - - - - .:-*%$@###
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###@$%*-:. entirely,  and  the river  at  the  dams .:-*%$@###
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###@$%*-:. water  garden   that   had  been  hidden .:-*%$@###
###@$%*-:. beneath, and we would go  there. - - - - .:-*%$@###
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#@%*:..... would make us not hear  it, and suddenly .....:*%@#
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#$$*:..... at our knees. - - -  -  - - -  - - - - - .....:*$$#
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