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.