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.