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.