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.