.~~//%%@@@ @@@%%//~~.
.~~/%@#@## ##@#@%/~~.
.~~/%@@#@@ @@#@@%/~~.
.....~/@## ##@/~.....
.~~/%@#@## ##@#@%/~~.
.~~/%@#@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@#@%/~~.
...~///@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@///~...
.~~/%@#### ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ##@#@%/~~.
.~~/%@@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@@%/~~.
...~~//@@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@@//~~...
.~~/%@#@## ##@#@%/~~.
...~~///%# #%///~~...
.~~/%@#@## ##@#@%/~~.
....~//%@# #@%//~....
.~~/%@#@## ##@#@%/~~.