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.