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.