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.