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.