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.