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.