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.