##£#$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$#£##
##£#$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$#£##
##£#$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$#£##
#££#$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$#££#
£#$=====.¨ ¨.=====$#£
#£#$=..¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨..=$#£#
####$$:=.¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨.=:$$####
#$$::.¨¨¨¨ = = = = elves live in the land = = = = ¨¨¨¨.::$$#
##£#$$:=.¨ = = = = beyond the great dam. = = = = ¨.=:$$#£##
££#$:::=.¨ = it was built in the late sixties. = ¨.=:::$#££
##£#$$:=.¨ = = = the elves came to us then. = = = ¨.=:$$#£##
####$$:=.¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨.=:$$####
££$$=.¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨.=$$££
#££#$$:=.¨ they were very manipulative, and we ¨.=:$$#££#
##£#$$:=.¨ came to trust them. = = = = = = = = us ¨.=:$$#£##
#$$$$:=¨¨¨ kids would play down at the water even ¨¨¨=:$$$$#
##£#$$:=.¨ though we were not allowed. = = = = = = ¨.=:$$#£##
##£#$$:=.¨ = = sometimes the sluice would close ¨.=:$$#£##
#$:...¨¨¨¨ entirely, and the river at the dams ¨¨¨¨...:$#
#£$$=.¨¨¨¨ foot would dry up, revealing the rocky ¨¨¨¨.=$$£#
##$$$::=.¨ water garden that had been hidden ¨.=::$$$##
##$$$$:=.¨ beneath, and we would go there. = = = = ¨.=:$$$$##
£#$:::==.¨ = = = = before the dam opened again, ¨.==:::$#£
##£#$$:=.¨ there would be a signal, but the elves ¨.=:$$#£##
###£$$:=.¨ would make us not hear it, and suddenly ¨.=:$$£###
##£#$$:=.¨ we would find the water rising, already ¨.=:$$#£##
##£#$$:=.¨ at our knees. = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨.=:$$#£##
##£#$$:=.¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨.=:$$#£##
##£#$$:=.¨ = by then the elves would be gone. = ¨.=:$$#£##
#£#$=.¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨.=$#£#
#$:=..¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨..=:$#
##£#$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$#£##
£###$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$###£
###£$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$£###
###£#$:=.¨ ¨.=:$#£###
##£#$$:=.¨ ¨.=:$$#£##