,,,,^~~$&@ @&$~~^,,,,
,,,^;;;$## ##$;;;^,,,
,^~;$&#@@@ @@@#&$;~^,
,^^~;$&&@# #@&&$;~^^,
,,,,,~;;&@ @&;;~,,,,,
,^~;$&#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#&$;~^,
,^~;$&#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#&$;~^,
,^~;$$$#@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ elves live in the land ~ ~ ~ ~ @@#$$$;~^,
,,,,,,^;&# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @&;~~~,,,,
,^~$&#@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@#&$~^,
,^~;$&#@## ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ##@#&$;~^,
,,,,~~$&&@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @&&$~~,,,,
,^~;$&#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#&$;~^,
,^~;$&#@## ##@#&$;~^,
,^~;$&#@## ##@#&$;~^,
,,,^;$&&## ##&&$;^,,,
,^~;$&#@## ##@#&$;~^,
,^~;$&##@# #@##&$;~^,