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.