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.