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.