,,~~~:$$@# #@$$:~~~,,
,~~:=$@¶## ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~~~:=$@@ @@$=:~~~~,
,,~~::::$@ @$::::~~,,
,~~:=$@¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$$$@¶ ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ¶@$$$=:~~,
,~~:=$$$$¶ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ¶$$$$=:~~,
,,,,~~::=@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @=::~~,,,,
,~~:$@¶### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###¶@$:~~,
,,~~~~:=@# THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE #@=:~~~~,,
,~~:=$@¶## CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ##¶@$=:~~,
,,,,,~:=$@ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @$=:~,,,,,
,~~:=$@¶## ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~~~~:$@@ FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY @@$:~~~~~,
,~~:=$$@@@ 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 @@==~~,,,,
,~~:=$@### WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ###@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~~::::$¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶$::::~~~,
,~~:=$@¶## ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶¶# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¶¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@$=:~~,
,~~:=$@¶## ##¶@$=:~~,
,~~:=$¶### ###¶$=:~~,
,,,,,~:$¶# #¶$:~,,,,,
,,,,~:=@@@ @@@=:~,,,,
,~~:=$@@¶¶ ¶¶@@$=:~~,