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.