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.