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.