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.