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.