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.