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.