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.