,~~†%$&### ###&$%†~~,
,,,~††$$## ##$$††~,,,
,,,,,,~%&& &&%~,,,,,,
,,,,~††%$& &$%††~,,,,
,,,,,~~†$# #$†~~,,,,,
,,,,~~~%$& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &$%~~~,,,,
,,,,~%%&&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&&%%~,,,,
,~~†%$$$&& ~ ~ ~ ~ elves live in the land ~ ~ ~ ~ &&$$$%†~~,
,~~†%$&### ~ ~ ~ ~ beyond the great dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&$%†~~,
,,,,~†%%$# ~ it was built in the late sixties. ~ #$%%†~,,,,
,~~†%$$&## ~ ~ ~ the elves came to us then. ~ ~ ~ ##&$$%†~~,
,,,,~†%&## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##&%†~,,,,
,~~†%$&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&$%†~~,
,~~†%$&&&& they were very manipulative, and we &&&&$%†~~,
,~~~†%%$## came to trust them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ us ##$%%†~~~,
,~~~~~%&## 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. ~ &&%~,,,,,,
,~~†%$&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&$%†~~,
,~~†%$&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&$%†~~,
,,~~†%%$## ##$%%†~~,,
,,,,~~~†$# #$†~~~,,,,
,,,,~†%%$# #$%%†~,,,,
,~~†%$$$&& &&$$$%†~~,
,~~†%$&### ###&$%†~~,