,^-*%*&¶@# #@¶&*%*-^,
,^-%*&¶@## ##@¶&*%-^,
,^-*%*&¶@@ @@¶&*%*-^,
,^--*%*&¶@ @¶&*%*--^,
,^-*%*&¶@# #@¶&*%*-^,
,^-*%*&¶@# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #@¶&*%*-^,
,^-*%*¶@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@¶*%*-^,
,^-*%*¶@## - - - - 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. - ##¶&*%*-^,
,^-*%*¶@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@¶*%*-^,
,,,,^-%*&@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @&*%-^,,,,
,^-*%*&¶@# #@¶&*%*-^,
,^-*%*&@## ##@&*%*-^,
,,,,,^**&& &&**^,,,,,
,,,,^*%&¶¶ ¶¶&%*^,,,,
,^-*%*&¶@# #@¶&*%*-^,