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.