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.