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