,~~/*%¤@@# #@@¤%*/~~,
,~~/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/~~,
,,,~/*%¤¤@ @¤¤%*/~,,,
,~~/*%¤@@@ @@@¤%*/~~,
,~~/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/~~,
,,,,~***%@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @%***~,,,,
,,,,,~/%¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤%/~,,,,,
,,,~~/%%¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ ##@¤%*/~~,
,~~~//*%¤¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤¤%*//~~~,
,,,,~~//%@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @%//~~,,,,
,~~/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/~~,
,~~/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/~~,
,,,,~~/*¤# #¤*/~~,,,,
,,,,,~/*%¤ ¤%*/~,,,,,
,~~/*%¤@## ##@¤%*/~~,