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.