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.