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.