.-~\^$&@## ##@&$^\~-.
....-\\$$& &$$\\-....
.-~\^$&@## ##@&$^\~-.
.......~^& &^~.......
..---\^&&# #&&^\---..
.-~\^$&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&$^\~-.
.-~\^$&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&$^\~-.
...-~\^&@# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ##@&$^\~-.
....-~~^^& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &^^~~-....
.-~\^$&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&$^\~-.
.-~\^$&@## ##@&$^\~-.
.....-\$@@ @@$\-.....
.-~\^$&@## ##@&$^\~-.
.-~\^$&@## ##@&$^\~-.
.-~\^$&@## ##@&$^\~-.