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.