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.