.-~^=*¤### ###¤*=^~-.
.-~^=*¤### ###¤*=^~-.
...-^=*¤## ##¤*=^-...
....-^*¤¤# #¤¤*^-....
....~==**¤ ¤**==~....
.-~^=*¤### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###¤*=^~-.
.-~^=*#### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ####*=^~-.
....-~^^*¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ¤¤=^^---..
.-~~^=*¤¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤¤*=^~~-.
.-~^=*¤### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###¤*=^~-.
.-~^=*¤### ###¤*=^~-.
.-~^=*¤### ###¤*=^~-.
.-~^=*¤### ###¤*=^~-.
.--~^=*¤## ##¤*=^~--.
.-~^*¤#### ####¤*^~-.