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.