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.