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.