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.