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.