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.