.^~†§&¤¶## ##¶¤&§†~^.
.....~§¤¤# #¤¤§~.....
.^~†§§§§&¶ ¶&§§§§†~^.
.....~§&¶# #¶&§~.....
.^~†§&¤¶## ##¶¤&§†~^.
.^~†§&¤¤¤¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶¤¤¤&§†~^.
....^~†§¤¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶¤§†~^....
.^~†§&¤¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ##¶¤&§†~^.
.^~†§&¤¤¶¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶¶¤¤&§†~^.
.^~†§&¤¶¶¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶¶¶¤&§†~^.
.^~†&¤¶### ###¶¤&†~^.
.^~†§&¤¤¶# #¶¤¤&§†~^.
.^~†§&¤¤¶# #¶¤¤&§†~^.
.^~†§&¤¶## ##¶¤&§†~^.
.^~†§&¤¶¶¶ ¶¶¶¤&§†~^.