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.