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