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.