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