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.