@&@*/=-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-=/*@&@
#@&@*/=-¨¨ ¨¨-=/*@&@#
##@&@*/=-¨ ¨-=/*@&@##
#@&@*/=-¨¨ ¨¨-=/*@&@#
@&@*/=-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-=/*@&@
&@*/=-¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨-=/*@&
@*/=-¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨¨-=/*@
*/=-¨¨¨¨¨¨ = = = = 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. = ¨-=/*@&@##
#@&@*/=-¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨-=/*@&@#
@&@*/=-¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨-=/*@&@
&@*/=-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-=/*@&
@*/=-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-=/*@
*/=-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-=/*
/=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=/
=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-=