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.