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.