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.