.-=†*%&¶@@ @@¶&%*†=-.
.-=†*%&¶@# #@¶&%*†=-.
.-=†*%&¶@# #@¶&%*†=-.
.--==*%%%¶ ¶%%%*==--.
-=†*%&¶@## ##@¶&%*†=-
.-=†*%%%&@ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = @&%%%*†=-.
.-===**%&¶ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¶&%**===-.
.-=†*%&&¶@ = = = = 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. = #@¶&%*†=-.
...--==*%& = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = &%*==--...
.-=†*%&@## = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ##@&%*†=-.
.-=†*%&¶@@ @@¶&%*†=-.
.-=†*%&¶@# #@¶&%*†=-.
....-==*%¶ ¶%*==-....
.-=†**%%%& &%%%**†=-.
...==**&&& &&&**==...