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.