#@§@**=,¨¨ ¨¨,=**@§@#
##@§@**=,¨ ¨,=**@§@##
#@§@**=,¨¨ ¨¨,=**@§@#
@§@**=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=**@§@
§@**=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=**@§
@**=,¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨,=**@
**=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=**
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = 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. = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*