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.