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.