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