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.