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.