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.