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.