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.