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.