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