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.