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.