#¶£%*/=:.. ..:=/*%£¶#
¶£%*/=:... ...:=/*%£¶
£%*/=:.... ....:=/*%£
%*/=:..... .....:=/*%
£%*/=:.... ....:=/*%£
¶£%*/=:... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ...:=/*%£¶
#¶£%*/=:.. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ..:=/*%£¶#
##¶£%*/=:. = = = = 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. = ....:=/*%£
¶£%*/=:... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ...:=/*%£¶
#¶£%*/=:.. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ..:=/*%£¶#
##¶£%*/=:. .:=/*%£¶##
#¶£%*/=:.. ..:=/*%£¶#
¶£%*/=:... ...:=/*%£¶
£%*/=:.... ....:=/*%£
%*/=:..... .....:=/*%