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.