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.