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