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.