##@#$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$#@##
@$**-~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~-**$@
####$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$####
##**--¨¨¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨--**##
@$*†--~¨¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨~--†*$@
####$*†-~¨ - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - ¨~-†*$####
####$*†-~¨ - - - - BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - ¨~-†*$####
@$†---~~~¨ - IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. - ¨~~~---†$@
#**-¨¨¨¨¨¨ - - - 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 ¨¨¨~--*###
##@#$*†-~¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~¨ AT OUR KNEES. - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨~-†*$#@##
##$$**†-~¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨~-†**$$##
##@#$*†-~¨ - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ¨~-†*$#@##
###@#$*-~¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨~-*$#@###
##@#$*†-~¨ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ¨~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$#@##
####$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$####
#@@#$*†-~¨ ¨~-†*$#@@#
@##*-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-*##@