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.