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.