,^~†@@¶@## ##@¶@@†~^,
,,,,,^††@@ @@††^,,,,,
,,,,~††%@¶ ¶@%††~,,,,
,,,,^^†%@@ @@%†^^,,,,
,^~†%%@@@@ @@@@%%†~^,
,^~†%@@¶@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@¶@@%†~^,
,^~†%@@¶¶@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @¶¶@@%†~^,
,^~†%@@¶¶¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ¶¶@%†^,,,,
,,,^^~†@@¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶@@†~^^,,,
,,,^^~†%%@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @%%†~^^,,,
,,^~†%%%@@ @@%%%†~^,,
,,,^~~%%@@ @@%%~~^,,,
,,,,^~~†@¶ ¶@†~~^,,,,
,^~†%@@¶@# #@¶@@%†~^,
,,^~~%%%@¶ ¶@%%%~~^,,