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.