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.