¨§§§¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§§¨§§§                                          ¨§§§§§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨§¨§§§§¨§¨                                          §§§¨¨¨§¨¨§
§§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §¨¨§¨¨§§¨§
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨§¨§§¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨§§¨§§¨ = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨§§§¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨§¨§§¨§ = = = = 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.  = §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§§§¨§
§§§¨¨¨§§§§                                          ¨§§§¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨§¨¨