,,^^~~%%@@ @@%%~~^^,,
,^~†%$@@@@ @@@@$%†~^,
,,,,,~††$# #$††~,,,,,
,^~†%$@### ###@$%†~^,
,^~†%$$$#@ @#$$$%†~^,
,^~†%$@#@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@#@$%†~^,
,,,,^††%$@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @$%††^,,,,
,,,,,^†%@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @%%††^^,,,
,^~†%$@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@$%†~^,
,^~†%$@@## ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ##@@$%†~^,
,^~†%$@@@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@@@$%†~^,
,,,^^~~~%@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @%~~~^^,,,
,^~†%$@#@# #@#@$%†~^,
,,,,^~†$@@ @@$†~^,,,,
,^~†%%%$@@ @@$%%%†~^,
,^~†%$@### ###@$%†~^,
,^~†%$@#@@ @@#@$%†~^,