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.