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.