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.