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.