¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†                                          †=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=                                          =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ =  = = = 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.  = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,                                          ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=                                          =,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†                                          †=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=††                                          ††=,¨¨¨¨¨¨