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.