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.