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.