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