,~~=^§¤@## ##@¤§^=~~,
,~~=^§¤@## ##@¤§^=~~,
,~~=^§¤@## ##@¤§^=~~,
,~~=^§¤@@# #@@¤§^=~~,
,~~~~~=§¤¤ ¤¤§=~~~~~,
,~~=^§¤@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@¤§^=~~,
,~~=^§¤@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@¤§^=~~,
,,,,~=^¤¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ¤¤¤^=~~,,,
,~~=^§¤@@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@@¤§^=~~,
,~~=^§§¤@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@¤§§^=~~,
,,,,,~~^§¤ ¤§^~~,,,,,
,~~=^§¤@## ##@¤§^=~~,
,~~=^§¤### ###¤§^=~~,
,~~=^§¤@## ##@¤§^=~~,
,,,,,,~^^¤ ¤^^~,,,,,,