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.