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.