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.