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.