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.