,~~*†%&#@# #@#&%†*~~,
,~~*†%&#@# #@#&%†*~~,
,~~*†%&&&@ @&&&%†*~~,
,~~*†%&#@# #@#&%†*~~,
,~~*†%&#@# #@#&%†*~~,
,~~*†%&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&%†*~~,
,,,~~~††&@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @&††~~~,,,
,~~*†%&#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ##@#&%†~~,
,,,,,~*††& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &††*~,,,,,
,,,,~††%&& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&%††~,,,,
,~~*†%#@## ##@#%†*~~,
,,,,~~~†%# #%†~~~,,,,
,~~*†%&#@# #@#&%†*~~,
,,,,,~*%%& &%%*~,,,,,
,,,~~~†&&& &&&†~~~,,,