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.