¨&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨ ¨&¨¨&¨&&&&
&&¨&¨¨¨¨&& &&&¨&&&¨¨¨
&¨&&&¨¨¨&¨ ¨¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨
&&&¨¨&¨¨&& ¨¨¨&¨&¨&&¨
&¨¨&¨&&¨&¨ ¨¨¨&&&&&¨&
¨&¨&&&¨&&& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨&&
&&&&¨¨&&¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨&&¨¨¨&¨
&¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨ = = = = 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. = ¨&&&&&&¨¨&
&&¨&¨¨¨&¨& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = &&¨¨¨¨¨&¨&
¨¨&&&¨¨&&& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨&¨¨¨¨&&&
&¨&¨¨&¨&¨¨ ¨¨&&¨¨¨&¨¨
&&&&¨&&&&¨ ¨¨&¨&¨¨&&¨
&¨¨¨&&¨¨¨& ¨¨&&&&¨&¨&
¨&¨¨&¨&¨¨& ¨¨&¨¨¨&&&&
&&&¨&&&&¨& ¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨¨