&&&¨¨¨¨¨¨& ¨¨&&&¨¨&&&
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&& ¨&¨¨&¨&¨¨¨
¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨¨ &&¨&&&&¨¨¨
&¨&¨¨¨&&¨¨ ¨&&¨¨¨&¨¨¨
&&&¨¨&¨&¨& &¨&¨¨&&¨¨&
¨¨&¨&&&&&¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&&¨&¨&¨&¨
¨&&&¨¨¨¨&& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨&&&&&&&¨
&¨¨&¨¨¨&¨& ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ¨¨&&¨¨¨&¨&
&¨&¨¨¨&&¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨&¨&¨¨&&&&
&&&¨¨&¨&¨& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&&&¨&¨¨¨¨
¨¨&¨&&&&&¨ ¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨&
¨&&&¨¨¨¨&& ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&&
&¨¨&¨¨¨&¨¨ ¨&&¨&&¨&¨&
&¨&&¨¨&&¨& &¨&&¨&&&&¨
&&¨&¨&¨&&¨ &&¨&&¨¨¨&&