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.