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.