~~\**#@### ###@#**\~~
,~~\**#@## ##@#**\~~,
,,~~\**#@# #@#**\~~,,
,,,~~\**#@ @#**\~~,,,
,,,,~~\**# #**\~~,,,,
,,,~~\**#@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @#**\~~,,,
,,~~\**#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#**\~~,,
,~~\**#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ 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. ~ #**\~~,,,,
,,,~~\**#@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @#**\~~,,,
,,~~\**#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#**\~~,,
,~~\**#@## ##@#**\~~,
~~\**#@### ###@#**\~~
,~~\**#@## ##@#**\~~,
,,~~\**#@# #@#**\~~,,
,,,~~\**#@ @#**\~~,,,