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.