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.