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.