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.