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.