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.