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.