...,~;%*@¶ ¶@*%;~,...
....,~;%*@ @*%;~,....
...,~;%*@¶ ¶@*%;~,...
..,~;%*@¶# #¶@*%;~,..
.,~;%*@¶## ##¶@*%;~,.
..,~;%*@¶# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¶@*%;~,..
...,~;%*@¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶@*%;~,...
....,~;%*@ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ##¶@*%;~,.
..,~;%*@¶# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¶@*%;~,..
...,~;%*@¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶@*%;~,...
....,~;%*@ @*%;~,....
...,~;%*@¶ ¶@*%;~,...
..,~;%*@¶# #¶@*%;~,..
.,~;%*@¶## ##¶@*%;~,.
..,~;%*@¶# #¶@*%;~,..