,~~=§¤¤### ###¤¤§=~~,
,,,,~=§§¤¤ ¤¤§§=~,,,,
,~~~~§¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤§~~~~,
,~~=§¤#### ####¤§=~~,
,~~~~§§¤## ##¤§§~~~~,
,,,~~==§¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¤§==~~,,,
,~~=§¤¤### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###¤¤§=~~,
,,,,,,,~§¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ###¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤¤¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤¤¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤¤¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¤¤¤¤§=~~,
,~~~~~=§¤# #¤§=~~~~~,
,,,,,~==¤¤ ¤¤==~,,,,,
,,,,~~=¤¤# #¤¤=~~,,,,
,~~=§¤¤### ###¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤### ###¤¤§=~~,