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.