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.