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.