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.