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.