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.