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.