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.