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.