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.