...~~**$§¶ ¶§$**~~...
..~~**$§¶@ @¶§$**~~..
.~~**$§¶@# #@¶§$**~~.
..~~**$§¶@ @¶§$**~~..
...~~**$§¶ ¶§$**~~...
....~~**$§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §$**~~....
.....~~**$ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $**~~.....
....~~**$§ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ¶§$**~~...
....~~**$§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §$**~~....
.....~~**$ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $**~~.....
....~~**$§ §$**~~....
...~~**$§¶ ¶§$**~~...
..~~**$§¶@ @¶§$**~~..
.~~**$§¶@# #@¶§$**~~.
..~~**$§¶@ @¶§$**~~..