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.