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.