,,,,,,,^$@ @$^,,,,,,,
,,~^$$$@@@ @@@$$$^~,,
,,,,^$$@@# #@@$$^,,,,
,,~^$$@### ###@$$^~,,
,,,~^$$@@@ @@@$$^~,,,
,,,,,^$@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@$^,,,,,
,,,,,,^$@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@$^,,,,,,
,,~^$$@@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@@$$^~,,
,,,,,,~$@# ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ #@$~,,,,,,
,,~^$@#### ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ####@$^~,,
,,~^$$@### ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ###@$$^~,,
,,,,,^$$$# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #$$$^,,,,,
,~^$$@#### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ####@$$^~,
,,~^$$@### THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ###@$$^~,,
,,~^$$@@@# CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US #@@@$$^~,,
,,~^$$@@@# KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN #@@@$$^~,,
,,~^$$$@## THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@$$$^~,,
,,~^$$@### ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ###@$$^~,,
,,,,,,^$$@ ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS @$$^,,,,,,
,,~^$$@### FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ###@$$^~,,
,~^$$@#### WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ####@$$^~,
,,~$$@#### BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ####@$$~,,
,,,,~^$$$@ ~ ~ ~ ~ BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, @$$$^~,,,,
,,,,,~^^$# THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES #$^^~,,,,,
,,,,,^$@## WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ##@$^,,,,,
,,~^$$@### WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ###@$$^~,,
,,,,~^$@@@ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@@$^~,,,,
,,,,,,~$$@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @$$~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~$@ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ @$~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~$$@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @$$~,,,,,,
,,,,~^^$## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##$^^~,,,,
,,~^$$$$$# #$$$$$^~,,
,,~^$$@### ###@$$^~,,
,,,,,,,^$@ @$^,,,,,,,
,,~^$$$$@@ @@$$$$^~,,
,,~^$$@### ###@$$^~,,