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.