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.