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.