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.