,~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~,
,~~//=$&## ##&$=//~~,
,,,,~~~/$& &$/~~~,,,,
,,,~~/=&&& &&&=/~~,,,
,~~/===&## ##&===/~~,
,~~/=$&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&$=/~~,
,,,,~//$&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&$//~,,,,
,,,,~~~=&# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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 #&&===/~~,
,~~/=$&&&& AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&&&$=/~~,
,,,,~~=$## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##$=~~,,,,
,~~/=$&### ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ###&$=/~~,
,~~/=$&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&$=/~~,
,,,,,,~/$& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &$/~,,,,,,
,~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~,
,~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~,
,~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~,
,~~/=$$$## ##$$$=/~~,
,~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~,