,,~^*$#@## ##@#$*^~,,
,,~^*$#### ####$*^~,,
,,,,,,~^$# #$^~,,,,,,
,,,,,,^$#@ @#$^,,,,,,
,,~^*$#@## ##@#$*^~,,
,,,,,,,~*# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #*~,,,,,,,
,,~^*$#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#$*^~,,
,,,,^**$$# ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ #$$**^,,,,
,,~^$#@### ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@#$^~,,
,,~^*$#@## ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ##@#$*^~,,
,,,,~^^$#@ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ @#$^^~,,,,
,,,,,~~~*# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #*~~~,,,,,
,,,~^^^$#@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @#$^^^~,,,
,,,,~~**## 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 ###*~,,,,,
,,~^*$#@## AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#$*^~,,
,,~^*$#### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ####$*^~,,
,,~^*$#### ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ ####$*^~,,
,,,,,,~^*# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #*^~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~*$# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #$*~~,,,,,
,,~^*$#@## ##@#$*^~,,
,,~^*$#@## ##@#$*^~,,
,,~^*$#@## ##@#$*^~,,
,,,,,~^*## ##*^~,,,,,
,,~^*$#@## ##@#$*^~,,