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.