¨-~/%%&¤¤# #¤¤&%%/~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-/&¤ ¤&/-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~/%&¤@## ##@¤&%/~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨~%&¤¤ ¤¤&%~¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~/%&¤@## ##@¤&%/~-¨
¨-~/%¤@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@¤%/~-¨
¨¨¨-///&@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@&///-¨¨¨
¨--~~%%¤¤@ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ##@¤&%/~-¨
¨-~/%&¤¤¤@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @¤¤¤&%/~-¨
¨-~/%&¤@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@¤&%/~-¨
¨-~/%&¤@## ##@¤&%/~-¨
¨-~/%¤@### ###@¤%/~-¨
¨¨¨¨~/%&&¤ ¤&&%/~¨¨¨¨
¨-~/%&¤@## ##@¤&%/~-¨
¨-~//%%%&¤ ¤&%%%//~-¨