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.