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.