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