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.