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.