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.