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.