,,,,,,,:¤¶ ¶¤:,,,,,,,
,,-:§¤&¶@# #@¶&¤§:-,,
,,,,,,,-§& &§-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-§& &§-,,,,,,,
,,,,,:¤¤&& &&¤¤:,,,,,
,,-:§¤&¶@# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #@¶&¤§:-,,
,,-:§¤¤¤¶¶ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¶¶¤¤¤§:-,,
,,-:§¤&&¶@ - - - - 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. - &¤:-,,,,,,
,,,,,,-§&¶ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¶&§-,,,,,,
,,-:§¤&¶¶@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @¶¶&¤§:-,,
,,,,,:§&&& &&&§:,,,,,
,,-:§¤&¶@# #@¶&¤§:-,,
,,-:§¤&&&@ @&&&¤§:-,,
,,-:§¤&¶@# #@¶&¤§:-,,
,,-:§¤¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤¤§:-,,