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.