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.