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.