,~=/%@#@## ##@#@%/=~,
,~=/%@#@## ##@#@%/=~,
,~=/%@#@## ##@#@%/=~,
,~===/@@@# #@@@/===~,
,~=/%@#@## ##@#@%/=~,
,~=/%@#@## = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ##@#@%/=~,
,,,,~==/@# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = #@/==~,,,,
,~=/%@#@## = = = = 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. = ####@%/=~,
,,,,=%%@## = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ##@%%=,,,,
,~=/%@@### = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ###@@%/=~,
,,,~==%@## ##@%==~,,,
,,,=/%%@## ##@%%/=,,,
,~=/%@#@## ##@#@%/=~,
,~=/%@@@@# #@@@@%/=~,
,~=/%@#@## ##@#@%/=~,