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.