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.