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.