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.