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.