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.