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