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.