,.~/%¤#@## ##@#¤%/~.,
,.~/^%¤#@@ @@#¤%^/~.,
,.~/%¤#@## ##@#¤%/~.,
,.~/^%¤#@# #@#¤%^/~.,
,.~/^%¤#@# #@#¤%^/~.,
,,,.~~/^¤@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @¤^/~~.,,,
,.~/^%¤#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#¤%^/~.,
,.~/^%¤#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ @##¤%^/~.,
,.~/^%¤#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#¤%^/~.,
,.~/^%¤#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#¤%^/~.,
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,.~/^%¤##@ @##¤%^/~.,
,.~/^%¤### ###¤%^/~.,
,.~/^%¤#@# #@#¤%^/~.,
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