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.