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.