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.